Nannosuchus Explained

Nannosuchus (meaning "dwarf crocodile") is an extinct genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian from the Berriasian Middle Purbeck Formation of England that was originally named as a species of Goniopholis.[1] [2] The type species, N. gracilidens, is based on the holotype BMNH 48217, scattered fragmentary remains that include parts of the skull and various other postcranial elements described in 1879.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Marco Brandalise de Andrade . Richard Edmonds . Michael J. Benton . Remmert Schouten . A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 163 . s1 . S66–S108 . 2011 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00709.x.
  2. Owen . R. . Richard Owen . 1878 . Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations . Palæontographical Society . 31. 1-19.
  3. Owen . R. . Richard Owen . 1879 . On the Association of Dwarf Crocodiles (Nannosuchus and Theriosuchus pusillus, e.g.) with the Diminutive Mammals of the Purbeck Shales . Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society . 35 . 1–4 . 148-155. 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1879.035.01-04.02 . 129650812 .

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